Black Farmers
latest news & developmentsCall for reform and pricing transparency in South Africa’s fresh produce markets
The Competition Commission has said that practises by fertiliser, agrochemical and seed companies may also distort competition
Families depend on sugar for life
The government and stakeholders will have to work harder to ensure the industry adapts and thrives
Home sweet home is more than a trite expression
Buying local sugar allows black farmers to sustain their own families and others
ANC family tries to run black farmers off their land
The politically connected Nelani family is suspected of thwarting a couple’s decade-long attempt to formalise the lease for the state-owned land they have farmed productively for…
Farmworkers and 4IR
Permanent jobs are shrinking in the farming sector
2017 Young Farmer Awards winner – Vilakazi Farming Business Enterprise
‘Farming is life, and some of us black women are making it in what used to be a man’s world’
2018 Young Farmer Award winner – Senakhomo Farming
Senakhomo is recognised for her outstanding maize yields
Anna Phosa is living her dream of becoming a successful pig farmer
Phosa is supplying hundreds of pigs to Pick n Pay every week
Celebrating women and youth in agriculture
Women farmers produce 80% of Africa’s food, but only own 1% of the land
2018 Female Entrepreneur Award – Sibhale Skin Solutions
‘I was the only one in the business when I started’
Retrospective view
‘We empower other farmers, especially the youth and women’
Eastern Cape gravitates towards breaking chains of poverty
Millions have been allocated to develop smallholder black farmers
Lindiwe Zulu: “Thorny issue” of land needs to be addressed collectively
Black South Africans, who had not had the opportunities that generations of white farmers had, now had to play catch up.
Land Bank gets serious about loans
A new scheme byt the land bank offers funds at as low as prime minus 5% for co-operative businesses.